Stylistic Modals – Create Beautiful Popups with the Gutenberg Editor
by Daniele De Rosa · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 3.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Create beautiful popups in your individual design and write your content with the Gutenberg Editor.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈190 estimated
Momentum
+71%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “modal”, “modals” and “popup” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
47 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.2%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 3.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1615 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1615 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| modal your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| modals your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| popup your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| popups your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| simple popup your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “modal”, “modals” and “popup” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 86 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
4.4y ago
latest release · v1.2 · 30 May 2022
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4.3 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Sep 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ murgi5.8y ago
I tried many modal plugins, but I could only associate this plugin with the class or ID of an element.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Widescreen Media AB6.2y ago
Tried the two biggest popup makers available for WordPress… too complicated and heavy. Then I tried this one – easy to understand, worked immediately. Very good!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jablfaran6.2y ago
Thank you Daniele for your awesome plugin. I wanna ask…How to setup specific element in order the pop up dislpay. Thank you
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Daniele De Rosa6.8y ago
Have fun with Stylistic Modals 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.5.3
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Create beautiful popups in your individual design and write your content with the Gutenberg Editor."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 698 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "simple popup" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-07-03 20+ → 100+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Simple Popup Block 500+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags C -
Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Popup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popup Builder 600K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Advanced Popups 60K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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